![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Sound of Young America: Apr 16 2005: Rock Snobs - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Apr 16 2005: Rock Snobs This week, we examine Rock Snobbery, with guests Ira Kaplan of indie rock legends Yo La Tengo, comedian Greg Proops, and Steven Daly, author of "The Rock Snob's Dictionary." Originally broadcast 4-16-05.
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| The Sound of Young America: May 9 2011: Sarah Vowell - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Sarah Vowell is an author and humorist whose newest book, Unfriendly Fishes, is about the annexation of Hawaii.
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| The Sound of Young America: New Sincerity Contest Results - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Jesse and Matt Besser of the Upright Citizens Brigade judge the results of a New Sincerity Contest. This time around, it's all about showing someone that you love them, New Sincerity style. Three good people win copies of "Created in Darkness By Troubled Americans," the McSweeney's humor anthology.
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| The Sound of Young America: Ted Leo - Bottle of Buckie - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Live on The Sound of Young America.
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| The College Years: Jul 22 2004: Mashup - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Co-hosted by Jamis MacNiven, W. Kamau Bell, and Al Madrigal, this week's show has filmmaker Tyler MacNiven, author Steve Almond, artist Marc Horowitz, and musicians Tony Goldmark and Jacob Slichter.
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| The College Years: Apr 1 2004: April Fools! - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
In today's episode: What type of girl is best? Sarah Silverman is best. Also writer/musician Seth "Fingers" Flynn Barkan discusses his book "Blue Wizard Is About To Die! which is a poetry book... about video games.
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| The College Years: Feb 17 2005: The Sound of Young American Splendor - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
In this episode, Jesse recalls an interview he and Jordan conducted with Colin Meloy, singer/songwriter of The Decemberists. Then Jesse interviews Harvey Pekar, best known for his autobiographical "American Splendor" comic series.
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| The College Years: Mar 3 2005: Literary Magic - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Jesse talks to Amy Krouse Rosenthal, writer of numerous books for children and adults, host of NPR's Mission Amy KR, and creator of numerous short films. Next Jesse talks to Ricky Jay: magician, author, actor and historian.
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| The Sound of Young America: Jun 24 2006: Found-stravaganza - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Guests Davy Rothbart and Jason Bitner. Davy Rothbart is editor of Found Magazine, a compendium of lossed and tossed documents and items. Jason Bitner is co-editor, and the editor of the book LaPorte, Indiana.
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| The Sound of Young America: Jul 22 2006: Two Sides of a Coin - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Guests Dave Attell and Michael Showalter. Dave Attell is a celebrated standup comedian, and the former host of Comedy Central's Insomniac. Michael Showalter is best know for his work on MTV's The State and Comedy Central's Stella; he also wrote and directed the feature film The Baxter.
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| The Sound of Young America: Aug 12 2006: Formed a Band - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Guests Eddie Argos of Art Brut and Paul Malmont. Paul Malmont is the author of "The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril." Eddie Argos is the frontman of the acclaimed rock band Art Brut.
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| The Sound of Young America: Jul 18 2007: They Might Be Giants - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Rock band They Might Be Giants are in their 25th year. Their newest record is "The Else."
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| The Sound of Young America: Nov 11 2007: Ira Glass - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Ira Glass is the host of This American Life. He recently edited the book The New Kings of Nonfiction.
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| The Sound of Young America: Feb 4 2008: Bucky Sinister Live in SF - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Bucky Sinister performs a poem from his collection All Blacked Out and Nowhere to Go.
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| The Sound of Young America: May 15 2008: Mike Birbiglia - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Mike Birbiglia is a standup comedian. His new special "What I Should Have Said Was Nothing: My Secret Public Journal Live" adapts stories from his popular online diary.
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| The Sound of Young America: Jul 3 2008: Blu of Blu & Exile - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Blu is the MC half of the hip-hop duo Blu & Exile. They released their critically-acclaimed first album, "Below the Heavens," last year.
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| The Sound of Young America: Nov 12 2008: Found Magazine - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Pete Rothbart is an editor at Found Magazine, a magazine composed exclusively of things people have found -- from shopping lists to personal notes to (once) a dead frog.
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| The Sound of Young America: Apr 16 2009: The Age of Persuasion - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Terry O'Reilly is the host of the CBC's Age of Persuasion, a radio program about the history and practice of advertising.
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| The Sound of Young America: Jun 29 2009: The Language of Things - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Deyan Sudjic is the director of the Design Museum in London, and the author of The Language of Things. He talks about the history and significance of design.
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| The Sound of Young America: Sep 7 2009: Mike Sacks, author of And Here's The Kicker - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Inside comedy writing with Mike Sacks and his new book about comedy writers And Here's The Kicker: Conversations With 21 Top Humor Writers About Their Craft.
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| The Sound of Young America: Oct 29 2009: Charles Burns - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Charles Burns is a cartoonist and illustrator whose best-known work is the graphic novel Black Hole. We spoke with him at the Philly Improv Theater in Philadelphia.
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| The Sound of Young America: Jan 18 2010: Gahan Wilson - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Gahan Wilson is perhaps America's most legendary cartoonist. For more than 50 years, his distinctively twisted single-panel cartoons have appeared in magazines like Playboy and The New Yorker.
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| The Sound of Young America: Jun 26 2010: Comedy: Matt Braunger - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Comedian Matt Braunger has been seen on Comedy Central, The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He was also a cast member of Mad TV.
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| The Sound of Young America: Jul 15 2010: Colson Whitehead - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Colson Whitehead is one of America's most acclaimed novelists. He was the recepient of a MacArthur "genius" grant for his fiction, which includes Apex Hides the Hurt and John Henry Days. His latest novel is Sag Harbor, about the African American beach enclave.
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| The Sound of Young America: Jan 26 2011: Adam Reed - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Adam Reed is a writer, director, producer and voice actor. He was the co-creator of the Adult Swim animated series Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo. He's also the mind behind the FX show Archer, which is entering its second season.
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| The Sound of Young America: Jul 13 2011: Comedy: Jackie Kashian - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Jackie Kashian is an LA-based stand up who hosts her own podcast, The Dork Forest. Here's her set from MaxFunCon 2011, a gathering of people who wish to be more awesome.
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| The Sound of Young America: Jul 25 2011: Jeff Garlin - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Jeff Garlin is an actor, director and comic -- and perhaps best known as Larry David's best friend and manager Jeff Greene on the acclaimed HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm. The show recently kicked off its eighth season.
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| The College Years: Dec 2 2004: Party Time! - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
In this episode, The Sound of Young America celebrates The Second City, one of comedy's great institutions. Appropriately, Jesse talks to Anne Libera, author of The Second City Almanac of Improvisation.
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| The Sound of Young America: Feb 1 2008: Merlin Mann Live in SF - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Merlin Mann is the founder of 43folders.com and a leader in the field of "lifehacking."
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| The Sound of Young America: Aug 28 2008: Robert Popper - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Robert Popper was co-creator of the British comedy series "Look Around You." He's also the author, as "Robin Cooper" of "The Timewaster Letters," which are smash bestsellers in the UK, and have just been released in the US.
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| The Sound of Young America: Dec 18 2008: The Last Christmas - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan talk about their post-apocalyptic Santa Claus story The Last Christmas, plus a holiday sketch from Elephant Larry.
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| The Sound of Young America: Feb 26 2009: Tom Ammiano Live in San Francisco - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
California State Assemblymember Tom Ammiano is a fixture of the San Francisco political scene. He was the first openly gay man elected to a school board in California, and went on to become president of the City's board of supervisors. He's also been a standup comic for over thirty years.
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| The Sound of Young America: May 14 2009: Rian Johnson - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Rian Johnson is a film director best known for his 2006 film Brick. His new film is The Brothers Bloom.
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| The Sound of Young America: Aug 18 2009: Rob Siegel - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Rob Siegel is a former editor for The Onion and penned last year's Mickey Rourke vehicle The Wrestler. He's just written and directed Big Fan, a dark film starring Patton Oswalt as man beaten up by his favorite player on the New York Giants. Siegel's characters seem to find fulfillment on the fringes of society -- listen in to find out why.
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| The Sound of Young America: Aug 7 2009: Paul Rust - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Paul Rust has just made his big break starring in the teen romp I Love You Beth Cooper, but he's been a long time friend of the show and was named one of Variety's 10 Comics To Watch in 2008. Rust will talk about how the silliness of Pee-wee Herman remains a seminal influence and the best parts of working with a big time, earnest filmmaker like Chris Columbus.
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| The Sound of Young America: Jun 21 2010: The AV Club June 2010 - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Kyle Ryan and Genevieve Koski of The AV Club join Jesse to recommend the best in popular culture. Kyle recommends the latest Roots album, How I Got Over and the documentary film, Winnebago Man. Genevieve recommends the new Robyn release, Body Talk Pt. 1 and the Starz show, Party Down.
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| The Sound of Young America: Jul 6 2010: Comedy: My Baby Dreamer - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Los Angeles comedy group Superego contribute this sponsorship message from My Baby Dreamer.
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| The Sound of Young America: Aug 23 2010: Jon Glaser - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Jon Glaser is a comedy writer and performer. His show on Cartoon Network's [adult swim], Delocated, is entering its second season.
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| The Sound of Young America: Sep 13 2010: Donal Logue - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Actor Donal Logue stars in the new FX series Terriers. He won best actor at the Sundance Film Festival for his role in The Tao of Steve, and he created the iconic MTV character Jimmy the Cab Driver.
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| The Sound of Young America: Oct 11 2010: The AV Club: Toronto International Film Festival - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
The AV Club join us from North America's largest film festival with some tips on upcoming films worth watching out for (and avoiding).
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| The Sound of Young America: Aug 26 2011: Paul Scheer - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Paul Scheer, an actor and comedian behind shows like Adult Swim's NTSF:SD:SUV:: and MTV's Human Giant, talks to us about low budgets, when parody comes from a place of love, and more.
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| The Sound of Young America: Oct 26 2011: Comedy: Jordan Ranks America, October 2011 - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Don't know where to turn, or who to believe? Try our correspondent Jordan Morris, who brings you the best of America every month.
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| The Sound of Young America: Sep 3 2005: Life Changes - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Guests Matt Besser and Rodney Rothman. Matt Besser of the Upright Citizens Brigade talks about their new sieries on Bravo, "Asssscat Improv." Rodney Rothman, former Late Show with David Letterman head writer, talks about his memoir "Early Bird." He retired to Florida at age 28. Also, music from New Orleans music legends.
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| The Sound of Young America: Apr 24 2007: Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Dave Willis is the co-creator of The Aqua Teen Hunger Force, a cult comedy series on Cartoon Network. He and his partner Matt Maiellaro also made the new film adaptation Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Moviefilm for Theatres.
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| The Sound of Young America: Oct 11 2007: Ask the Optimist - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
An audio adaptation of a piece from George Saunders' most recent book, The Braindead Megaphone. Features Dan Klein of Kasper Hauser, Andy Daly (The Office, Mad TV), John Hodgman, Xeni Jardin, Jonathan Katz and more.
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| The Sound of Young America: Dec 10 2007: Comedy: Wyatt Cenac - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Comedy from Wyatt Cenac.
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| The Sound of Young America: Mar 3 2008: Tony Millionaire - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Tony Millionaire is the creator of the cartoon strip Maakies, which runs in alternative newspapers around the country. The strip has recently been picked up as a television series on adult swim called The Drinky Crow Show.
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| The Sound of Young America: Jun 4 2009: Jonathan Coulton - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Jonathan Coulton is a singer-songwriter known for his heartfelt, hilarious songs. He talks with us and performs a number of tunes from his catalog.
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| The Sound of Young America: Nov 3 2009: Comedy: Kumail Nanjiani and Kent Haines - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Live comedy from our shows in Philadelphia and New York City.
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| The Sound of Young America: Jan 11 2010: Elna Baker - Jesse Thorn and Maximum Fun
Elna Baker is a comedian and writer. Her memoir is "The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance."
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